Rubio: Political stunts took your Blues away

6:44 PM,
Jul. 12, 2013

Written by

Sen. Marco Rubio

This weekend, the skies over Pensacola Beach were not filled with the usual roar of F/A-18 Hornets or Fat Albert's four turboprops. There were considerably fewer people flocking to the white sand beaches from Fort Pickens to Via DeLuna. And Little Sabine Bay had fewer boats parked in its waters than in years past.

The Blues were grounded this weekend all because of a feckless decision made two years ago more than 900 miles away in Washington, D.C.

Two years ago, the so-called "sequester" was conceived by President Obama as part of the deal to raise the nation's debt limit and allow the federal ...